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By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Each year from June to September, a heavy band of rain makes its way from India’s southwest coast to its northeastern borders, quenching farmers’ thirsty fields. India’s monsoon season is arguably the single most important weather phenomenon for the country, and a good monsoon can noticeably
Continue ReadingKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Delaney Schnell leads on the women’s 10-meter tower after the semifinals, and Andrew Capobianco is setting the pace in men’s 3-meter springboard at the U.S. Olympic diving trials. Schnell is looking to add a second event to her Paris schedule after qualifying in synchronized 10-meter with Jess Parratto. A silver medalist
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With Game 5 between the Coachella Valley Firebirds and Hershey Bears being the final game of the season in the valley, Acrisure Arena has made quite the impact for the community. “It’s been a tremendous impact,” Senior Vice President of Acrisure Arena John Page said. “When you look at the jobs that have been created,
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El número oficial de muertos en la peregrinación anual que realizan los msulmanes de La Meca a Medina (conocida como Hajj) se ha disparado a casi 500 y el número real podría ser más del doble, ya que surgieron informes de que hasta 600 fieles egipcios murieron en la ruta
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Cuba anunció este viernes que se sumará al caso de Sudáfrica ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) contra Israel por la guerra en Gaza. La nación insular caribeña invocó el artículo 63 del Estatuto de la Corte, que otorga a países distintos de los interesados en el caso
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caeleb Dressel has earned his first individual race of the Paris Games, winning the men’s 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. The winner of five gold medals in Tokyo finished finished third in the first individual event, the 100 freestyle. But Dressel will get
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Negotiations between the union representing thousands of Regional Food 4 Less workers and its parent company, Kroger have come to a standstill. On Friday afternoon, several dozen Food 4 Less workers rallied earlier today in Coachella. The store is just one of three Food 4 Less locations in the Coachella Valley that’s represented by the
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Operador Nacional de Electricidad de Ecuador anunció que este viernes habrá nuevos cortes de energía, debido a que —dijo— la hidroeléctrica Coca Codo Sinclair tuvo que cerrar sus compuertas por los deslaves y otras afectaciones generadas por las lluvias. El organismo agregó en su cuenta de X que
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. government inspections of avocados and mangoes in the Mexican state of Michoacan will gradually resume. U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar made that announcement Friday, a week after they were suspended over an assault on inspectors. Salazar says in a statement that the U.S. Agriculture Department inspectors “will gradually begin to return
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the attack against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was convicted Friday of aggravated kidnapping, a conviction that mandates life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A San Francisco jury found David DePape also
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the attack against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was convicted Friday of aggravated kidnapping, a conviction that mandates life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A San Francisco jury found David DePape also
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, y varios funcionarios de su Gobierno anunciaron en un acto oficial el inicio de la construcción de una cárcel de máxima seguridad en la provincia costera de Santa Elena, con la que buscan combatir al crimen organizado y ordenar el sistema penitenciario del país,
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caeleb Dressel has earned his first individual race of the Paris Games, winning the men’s 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. The winner of five gold medals in Tokyo finished finished third in the first individual event, the 100 freestyle. But Dressel will get
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — About two years after 13 children and teens sued Hawaii over the threat posed by climate change, both sides reached a settlement that includes an ambitious requirement to decarbonize the state’s transportation system over the next 21 years. It’s another example of a younger generation channeling
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A 51-year-old woman accused in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Desert Hot Springs must stand trial on murder and other charges, a judge ruled today. In addition to murder, Sheila Johnson of Desert Hot Springs was also ordered to stand trial on a misdemeanor count of being an unlicensed operator and a felony count of
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The former CEO and chairman of Ontrak, a publicly traded health care company based in Nevada, was found guilty Friday of a multimillion-dollar insider trading scheme. A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Terren Scott Peizer, a resident of Puerto Rico and Santa Monica, California, of one count of securities fraud
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The former CEO and chairman of Ontrak, a publicly traded health care company based in Nevada, was found guilty Friday of a multimillion-dollar insider trading scheme. A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Terren Scott Peizer, a resident of Puerto Rico and Santa Monica, California, of one count of securities fraud
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By Josh Campbell and Jack Hannah, CNN (CNN) — A New Mexico judge denied a motion Friday from Alec Baldwin’s attorneys asking the court to dismiss the actor’s involuntary manslaughter indictment in a shooting on the set of the film “Rust,” in which cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died. A separate motion to dismiss from Baldwin’s team will
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the attack against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was convicted Friday by a San Francisco jury of aggravated kidnapping, a conviction that mandates life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A San Francisco
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the attack against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was convicted Friday by a San Francisco jury of aggravated kidnapping, a conviction that mandates life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A San Francisco
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